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Marketing Advice To Brokers and Realtors

HBPM1 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:26:14 +0000

In today's challenging real estate environment, apartment owners and home owners and their brokers and realtors are all looking for ways to get prospective tenants to rent from them while they attempt to keep their rental rates from falling excessively. One way to incentivize prospective tenants to rent from you without giving away the store is to offer to pay the cost of your prospective tenants renters insurance. A typical $100,000 "liability only" renters insurance policy for a Southern California apartment can range from $140-$280 per year, with a similar home renters policy

Can you afford to die?

HBPM1 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Death is an inevitability that many do not like to think about. Along those lines, many have not made the necessary arrangements or put aside the resources to cover the expense of dying, leaving that burden to grieving (and at times struggling) relatives or, in the absence of that, to their communities already trying to cope with numerous other challenges. Make life (and death) more manageable for yourselves and those around you by purchasing an affordable and fast-issue (no medical test required) $75,000 or larger term or whole life insurance policy. Contact me at

Beware the Bonyad Mostazafan: Den of Thieves

HBPM1 — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:08:32 +0000

So, you have had your life turned upside down and everything you owned seized and confiscated by the Bonyad Mostazafan, an arm of the Islamic Republic (a regime presumably established in 1979 to eliminate injustice and promote the "adl" or justice of Imam Ali in society), subject to the fraudulent ruling of a Revolutionary Court judge, whom the regime itself subsequently acknowledged was a criminal and whom they had executed on charges of "corruption on earth."

Investing In Today's Environment

HBPM1 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:24:23 +0000

For individuals who have a minimum of $100,000 that they can put aside for at least seven years until after age 59.5, Farmers Insurance is offering , until the end of April 2010, a single premium deferred annuity with a promotional first year yield of 4.9%. This annuity has a minimum guaranteed return of 1.5% per year (i.e.

Thinking Out Of The Box

HBPM1 — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:44:47 +0000

I wonder if President Obama, being the trailblazer he is, might "think out of the box" when it comes to appointing a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, and consider an American Muslim jurist as a candidate for this upcoming vacancy? We have male justices, female justices, Black justices, Hispanic justices, Caucasian justices, Christian justices, and Jewish justices. An American Muslim jurist of Malaysian, Indonesian or Chinese ancestry would address the paucity of both a Muslim and Asian justice on the nation's bench.

Irony

HBPM1 — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:59:02 +0000

The irony is that, in reality, those Iranians seeking to limit the influence of corrupt clergymen in Iran (and in the process the co-incident/necessary lawlessness that has enveloped the country for the past 30 years to facilitate that corruption, courtesy of the likes of Hashemi-Rafsanjani) should be lining up behind and supporting the efforts of lay Muslims such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to uproot that class of clerical parasites and frauds who have been the main source of the country's misery. Undermining Ahmadinejad's push to bring those hypocrites to heel by falling-in behind a "ref

True Colors

HBPM1 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:34:04 +0000

One should be careful of the company one keeps and the proteges one gathers about themselves, for that can define a person's character and reputation.

Is Iran Really "Open For Business"? A Litmus Test.

HBPM1 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:35:01 +0000

Is Iran really "open for business", a land of opportunity, and a safe venue for investing (including for international investors)? Well, there is the old saying that "actions speak louder than words," and I can find no better litmus test to measure the veracity of these claims, and to report back to the Iranian Diaspora and the world community in general, than to see how the Iranian judicial system and government remedy the ongoing 30 year saga of the now approaching $15 billion illegal confiscation of my family's assets and belongings. If there is no equitable remedy,

Kitchen Table Reminiscences

HBPM1 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:56:51 +0000

Sitting around the kitchen table, my father told me that his uncle told him that in discussions his uncle had engaged in with the late Ayatollah Dr. Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, one of the founding pillars and intellectuals of the Islamic Republic, prior to his tragic assassination, Ayatollah Beheshti clearly expressed that he did not agree with the concept of "Velayat Faqih" as envisioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Imagine what might have transpired if men of the stature of Beheshti had not been so callously murdered.

Interesting Tidbit 2

HBPM1 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:07:46 +0000

Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's father was a preacher employed years ago by the late Mohammad khan and Haidar Ali khan Boroumand to teach their farm laborers about Islam and their religious obligations and duties.

Reverse Immigration

HBPM1 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:56:22 +0000

Could the prospect of tens of thousands of highly educated and trained American-Iranians, reeling from the economic depression sweeping the United States, and looking to possibly return to Iran bode well for that country's technical, scientific, and managerial prospects? This "brain drain" reversal may offer a once in a generational opportunity for a country that has been hobbled by technical, managerial, and scientific obstacles to revamp and upgrade its infrastructure to meet the pressing demands of today's (and tomorrow's) society.

Interesting Tidbit

HBPM1 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:39:40 +0000

It may surprise many to learn that Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, member of the Guardian Council and member of the Council of Experts, was a student of the late esteemed mojtahed Heidar-Ali Khan Boroumand.

Let Us Not Forget

HBPM1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:38:52 +0000

Lest we forget, or lest the young ones don't know: in April 1991 and August 1991, Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Iran's then president, in conjunction with Ali Fallahian, Iran's then Minister of Intelligence, perpetrated the assassinations in Paris, France of Iran's two "ubber" democratic political figures, Dr. Abdolrahman Boroumand and Dr. Shapour Bakhtiar. So for those of you who may have deluded yourselves, you are dealing not with a "pragmatic conservative reformer", but with a common criminal and a vile murderer.

My "2 Gheroon's" Worth

HBPM1 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:50:20 +0000

While this may surprise most, I actually think that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election in the presidential race, and that it was not necessary for him to resort to fraud to achieve this end. Having said this, I think that the wise approach to defusing the tensions witnessed in the streets, and to bring an end to the potential for deadly violence, while at the same time firmly establishing the legitimacy of the newly elected president would be for Mr.

Blue Chip Endorsement

HBPM1 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:16:32 +0000

I have alot of respect for those who care for and feel for orphans, and as such I would vote for that presidential candidate who has genuinely displayed the greatest compassion and concern for orphans, be it by visiting them at the start of Ramezan or otherwise.

The Treasure Trove That Is Wikepedia

HBPM1 — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:39:32 +0000

Investment Thesis

HBPM1 — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:40:11 +0000

When I think of superior long-term investing in todays world and the world for the next few generations, I think of one word and two themes. The word is CHINA, and the themes are FOOD and FUEL. It is inevitable that China with a population of 1.3 billion will, as it continues on its path of economic growth and development, become the biggest economy that history has ever witnessed, and that prosperity and growth will create an increased demand for both food and fuel. So, who will the biggest winners be as this phenomenon unfolds?

Fixing Afghanistan

HBPM1 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:43:01 +0000

Fixing Afghanistan is as simple as six words: projecting central government control and authority. The formula for doing so rests in giving all the monetary resources to the central government, and denying those same monetary resources to troublemakers. Assuming that the central government doesn't fritter away those resources through waste and corruption, those resources can be used in the provinces to fund a well trained and well armed army and police force, and to create educational and job opportunities for the residents of the provinces. Now how does the world community go about crea

Restructuring Iran's Political Structure

HBPM1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:19:06 +0000

Wanted: One Tough and Proven Contingency Law Firm or Lawyer

HBPM1 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:40:49 +0000

Macrovision (MVSN, market cap: $1.3 billion), the parent company of Gemstar-TVGuide, and its CEO, Fred Amoroso, do not want to engage in constructive dialogue. They think that by hiding their heads in the sand, their problem will go away. This leaves me with no choice but to seek one tough and proven contingency law firm or lawyer, to sue them for triple damages in order to catch their attention and recover damages that their Gemstar-TVGuide subsidiary has caused me.